One of the most coveted souvenirs from the Takashi Murakami retrospective, at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, can’t be found in the gift shop or even in the show’s Louis Vuitton–operated store. A full press kit, along with three souvenir invitations to the opening, turned up on eBay last fall and within a week soared to the winning bid of $152.50. Turns out the seller was L.A. artist Leigh Salgado, who says she has hawked press packets before. The savvy Salgado won’t say who took home the hot pink Murakami kit but did reveal that it’s going to New York.

"Hold the Press Kits" originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's January 2008 Table of Contents.